Ubuntus Twitter-konto kapat i kryptobedrägeri

Ubuntus officiella Twitter-konto publicerade en tweet, som nu har tagits bort, där en falsk AI-agent marknadsfördes som ledde användare till ett kryptovalutabedrägeri. Händelsen följer en fem dagar lång DDoS-attack mot Canonicals webbtjänster som avslutades tidigare denna månad.

Tweeten, som dök upp några timmar före publicering den 7 maj, tillkännagav en AI-agent vid namn Numbat byggd på Solana-blockkedjan. Den använde Ubuntus varumärke, inklusive referenser till kodnamnet Noble Numbat för Ubuntu 24.04, och länkade till webbplatsen ai-ubuntu.com. Sidan efterliknade Canonicals design i detalj och uppmanade besökare att ansluta en kryptoplånbok efter att ha klickat på knappar märkta med Check eligibility eller Explore Ubuntu AI.

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